62 year old football legend and President of German Football Club, Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness, has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of defrauding Germany's tax authorities of 18m euros (£15m, $25m).

Hoeness, who has been instrumental in building up Bayern Munich into Europe's top football club, kept the funds in a secret Swiss bank account.

Uli was charged and sentenced today Thursday March 13th by a German court.

He was allowed to walk out of the court today because he has one week to decide whether to appeal the verdict. The latest news is he will NOT appeal his three-and-a-half year jail sentence for tax evasion.